Display-rack.



C. HOLLAND.

DISPLAY RAGK. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1912.

1,047,053, v Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CATHERINE HOLLAND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR 0F ONE-l-IALF T0 FREDRICK R.

HOLLAND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Applicatign filed September 11, 1912. Serial N 0. 719,744.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CATHERINE HOLLAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city'of New York, Maspeth, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a ew and Improved Display ltack, of which -e following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to display racks, and has particular reference to devices of this nature adapted especially for domestic use or in connection with private laundries, the primary object of the invention being to provide a rack which embodies the following characteristics; cheapness of construction, facility to knock down and set up, lightness for transportation purposes, and stability of position while being used,

The foregoing and other objects of the invent-ion are attained in the preferred embodiment by means of the devices hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like characters of reference indicate correspond ing parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in operative position; Fig, 2 is a vertical and partly sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig, 3 is a side elevation of the brace; Fig. lisa fragmentary plan vview of the hanger; Fig. 5 is a detail View of one end of the hanger bar in combination with the adjacentupright; and Fig. 6

is a detail of the clamp described below.

Referring particularly to the drawings,

7 I provide a pair of upright members 10,

each of which has a pair of angularly arranged legs 11 the lower ends of which are adapted to stand upon the door and may,

if desired, be connected by a cross piece 12,

making a rigid construction with respect to the lateral bracing of the upright. The upper end of each of said uprights is formed with a socket 1G extending longitudinally of the rack, the vertical opposing'wallsvoi the socket being flared. outwardly toward the outside of the upright, as shown in lli 5,

is a preferred means for securing the lower portions of the uprights in substantially rigidspaced relation to each other T Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912..

provide a brace 13 of peculiar construction, the same comprising a pair of strips 13 connected together intermediate of their ends by means of a fastener 14, and the adjacent ends of which are spaced or flared apart and are maintained by means 0t spacing blocks 15. The strips 13' andthe spacing blocks 15, together with the several fastenv ing means holding them in the position indicated, constitute a Very light and rigid brace, the ends of which are parallel and vertical and adapted to lie snugly against the opposing inner vertical walls of the up rights 10; said spacing blocks preferably 10 which lies within the same and between the two blocks 15 and 17 The lower limit of movement ofthe brace 13 will be de termined by thecontact of the links 16 .upon the upper ends of the legs 11. Since the brace is substantially "a rigid structure the blocks 15 will be maintained at practically the sa e relation tov each. other, The links 16, th reitore, will hold the clamp blocks 17 snugly against the uprights 10, with the result that the uprights and brace will be held in a substantially rigid condit-ion, and yet these parts are easily separated, when desired, for knocking down the rack by lifting the clamp blocks 17 and the brace as a whole from the uprights,

The hanger 18 comprises a rail19 having dovetailed ends 19 ada ted to substantially fit into the aforesaid sockets 10 of the uprights, and to said rail 19 is connected in any suitable manner, as by eyelets 20, a series of bars 21, The length of the 'rail 19, and the rack as a whole, may be as great as desired for any particular purpose, and hence the numberof bars. %1 may likewise be increased as much as is necessary for such purpose. The connection 20 for each bar is preferably such that the entire series of bars may be collapsed, as indicated in Fig, gt, whereby the hanger will occupy a minimum amount of space when the rack is knocked down for storage purposes. The said connection 20, furthermore, insures a permanent symmetrical means of suspending the bar at its center, and also is sufliciently flexible to facilitate the hanging of a garment upon the bar or removing the same therefrom.

As one practical use for the bar it may besuggested that it will be stood at a'convenie'nt place where laundrying is being done, and as each skirt, waist,-or the like, is laundried it wi1l,be hung upon one of the bars 2l instead of being hung across a line or the like," as is commonly'do-ne. The rack even'when carrying a number of garments may readily be lifted up if necessary, and when not in use may he knocked down and stored away, occupying a comparatively small amount of space.

Having thus described my invention,

ranged legs, a brace extending What- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The herein described display rack comprising a pair of uprights, each of said uprights having a pair of angularly arfrom one uprlght to the other and including a clamp block opposite each end adapted to embrace the adjacent uprights and a link securing said block in position and adapted to rest upon said legs, and a ban er extending between the tops of said uprlghts.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speclfication m-the presence of two subscrlblng Witnesses.

CATHERINE HOLLAND. 

